Abigail Disney evokes Old Yeller in plea to reject Republicans after Kristi Noem kills dog

Exclusive: great-niece of Walt Disney issues appeal to appalled voters on behalf of Progressive Change Campaign CommitteeEvoking the classic Disney tearjerker Old Yeller, in which a family is forced to put down their beloved dog, the US film-maker and campaigner Abigail Disney exhorted voters to oppose the Republican party of Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor whose story of killing Cricket, a 14-month-old dog, shocked the world and seemingly dynamited her hopes of being Donald Trump’s